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Balanced growth, jobs: FM Defends 2024-25 Union Budget in Rajya Sabha

Balanced growth, jobs: FM Defends 2024-25 Union Budget in Rajya Sabha

New Delhi: Defending the Union Budget for the fiscal year 2024-25, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on...

1 Aug 2024 1:36 AM IST

No State deprived in Budget, says FM

No State deprived in Budget, says FM

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman rejected the Opposition’s contention that the NDA government has...

30 July 2024 11:40 PM IST

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi during a press conference, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. (PTI Photo)

No cuts in Interim Budget allocations: Nirmala

The FM also said that prices of essentials have come down due to steps taken by the government to contain inflation

8 Feb 2024 12:38 AM IST

Indias robust economic growth will boost demand at corporates, despite weakness from slowing growth in key overseas markets, Fitch ratings said in a statement on Friday. (File Image: PTI)

India to be among fastest growing nations with 6.9% growth in FY25

Demand will remain strong for cement, electricity and petroleum products

23 Dec 2023 1:33 AM IST

The International Monetary Fund. (Photo- AFP)

IMF Sees India Adding 16% to Global Growth

India's economy has rebounded strongly from the pandemic to become an important driver of global growth

20 Dec 2023 2:02 AM IST

The House also approved an additional outgo of Rs 9,200 crore spending by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. (PTI File Image)

LS Gives Nod for Additional Cash Outgo of Rs 58,378 Crore

For the full 2023-24, the government has budgeted the fiscal deficit to be Rs 17.86 lakh crore or 5.9 per cent of the...

13 Dec 2023 1:44 AM IST

GST has helped interstate movement of goods. Representational Image. (DC File Image)

GST Collections Rise 13 pc to Rs 1.72 Lakh Cr in October; Second...

The average gross monthly GST collection in the current fiscal has also shown an 11 per cent growth year-on-year at Rs...

2 Nov 2023 12:35 AM IST

A farmer collects wheat kernels into a bucket before being poured into sacks during the harvest season, in a field in the countryside of al-Kaswa, south of Syrias capital Damascus. (AFP)

Govt hikes wheat MSP by Rs 150 to Rs 2,275 per quintal for 2024-25

Wheat is the main rabi (winter) crop and its sowing begins in October while harvesting starts from April

19 Oct 2023 12:14 AM IST

The government notifies the interest rate on small savings schemes, majorly operated by post offices, every quarter.

Government Increases Interest Rate on 5 Year Recurring Deposit Scheme

The interest rate on the popular girl child scheme Sukanya Samriddhi Account has been retained at 8 per cent

30 Sept 2023 1:00 AM IST

Payments on UPI in June hit an all-time high. (PTI Photo)

World Bank Hails India's Digital Public Infrastructure Approach, Cites...

India's DPI has not only transformed the public sector

8 Sept 2023 8:38 PM IST

Indias GDP to contract 16.5 pc in Q1 as pandemic spreads, says SBI report. (Representative Image)

India's resilient GDP rises 7.8%

India remained the fastest-growing major economy as China posted a 6.3 per cent growth in April-June 2023

1 Sept 2023 12:33 AM IST

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks in the Rajya Sabha during Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. (PTI Photo)

FM says new tax regime has been made 'very attractive'

Nirmala said the Budget focuses on middle class, employment generation, MSMEs, agriculture sector, rural population,...

11 Feb 2023 7:22 AM IST